Anagrams of strikebound
Word strikebound has
1516 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of strikebound.
- unstoried
-
adjective,
without a history; not written as history or told as folklore:
- subeditor
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noun,
a subordinate or junior editor.
- brontides
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noun,
a rumbling noise heard occasionally in some parts of the world, probably caused by seismic activity.
- diner-out
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noun,
a person who dines out.
- detrusion
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noun,
the act of detruding.
- rubstone
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noun,
a stone, especially a whetstone, used for polishing or sharpening.
- buskined
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adjective,
wearing buskins.
- steinbok
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noun,
steenbok.
- re-sound
-
verb (used with or without object),
to sound again.
- bornites
-
noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- redoubts
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noun,
an isolated work forming a complete enclosure of any form, used to defend a prominent point.
- dourines
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noun,
an infectious disease of horses, affecting the genitals and hind legs, caused by a protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma equiperdum.
- sourdine
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noun,
mute (def 10).
- rebounds
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noun,
the act of rebounding; recoil.
- brontide
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noun,
a rumbling noise heard occasionally in some parts of the world, probably caused by seismic activity.
- Bedouins
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noun,
an Arab of the desert, in Asia or Africa; nomadic Arab.
- turbines
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noun,
any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as a fluid passing through and entirely filling a housing around the rotor.
- obtrudes
-
verb (used with object),
to thrust (something) forward or upon a person, especially without warrant or invitation:
- bountied
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adjective,
offering a bounty.
- sideburn
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plural noun,
short whiskers extending from the hairline to below the ears and worn with an unbearded chin.
- burstone
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noun,
any of various siliceous rocks used for millstones.
- Burnside
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noun,
Ambrose Everett, 1824–81, Union general in the American Civil War.
- bounties
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noun,
a premium or reward, especially one offered by a government:
- intrudes
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verb (used with object),
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
- instroke
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noun,
a stroke traveling in an inward direction.
- outrides
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noun,
Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.
- outsider
-
noun,
a person not belonging to a particular group, set, party, etc.:
- deorbits
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verb (used with object),
to cause to deliberately depart from orbit.
- bounders
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noun,
an obtrusive, ill-bred man.
- routines
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- stonker
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verb (used with object),
to hit hard; knock unconscious.
- enduros
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noun,
an endurance race for automobiles or sometimes motorcycles.
- stinker
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noun,
a person or thing that stinks.
- bounder
-
noun,
an obtrusive, ill-bred man.
- storied
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noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- subtend
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verb (used with object),
Geometry. to extend under or be opposite to:
- sterno-
-
- Erikson
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noun,
Erik (Homburger) [hom-bur-ger] /ˈhɒm bɜr gər/ (Show IPA), 1902–94, U.S. psychoanalyst, born in Germany.
- bornite
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noun,
a common mineral and important ore of copper, copper iron sulfide, Cu 5 FeS 4 , occurring in masses, of brownish color when first exposed to the air; peacock ore.
- Soutine
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noun,
Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- bournes
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noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- sounder
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noun,
a person or thing that makes a sound or noise, or sounds something.
- borides
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noun,
a compound consisting of two elements of which boron is the more electronegative one.
- turbine
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noun,
any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as a fluid passing through and entirely filling a housing around the rotor.
- sorbent
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noun,
a surface that sorbs.
- bonkers
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adjective,
mentally unbalanced; mad; crazy.
- indorse
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verb (used with object),
endorse.
- Inkster
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noun,
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- turdine
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adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Turdidae, comprising the true thrushes.
- insured
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noun,
the person, group, or organization whose life or property is covered by an insurance policy.
- intrude
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verb (used with object),
to thrust or bring in without invitation, permission, or welcome.
- ebonist
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noun,
a worker in ebony.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- dustbin
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noun,
an ashcan; garbage can.
- tonsure
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noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- disrobe
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verb (used with or without object),
to undress.
- bundies
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noun,
a time clock.
- dineros
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noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- detours
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noun,
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
- tribune
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noun,
a person who upholds or defends the rights of the people.
- burdens
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noun,
that which is carried; load:
- deorbit
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verb (used with object),
to cause to deliberately depart from orbit.
- tinkers
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noun,
a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- debunks
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verb (used with object),
to expose or excoriate (a claim, assertion, sentiment, etc.) as being pretentious, false, or exaggerated:
- debtors
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noun,
a person who is in debt or under financial obligation to another (opposed to creditor).
- burnets
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genera Sanguisorba and Poterium, of the rose family, having pinnate leaves and dense heads of small flowers.
- debitor
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noun,
a debtor.
- bustier
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noun,
a woman's close-fitting, sleeveless, strapless top, often elasticized, usually having boning or facing to give it shape, and worn as a blouse.
- burtons
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noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- disturb
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verb (used with object),
to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- triodes
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noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- bretons
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- sunbird
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noun,
any of various small, brilliantly colored Old World birds of the family Nectariniidae.
- subedit
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verb (used with or without object),
to copyedit.
- dunkers
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noun,
a member of the Church of the Brethren, a denomination of Christians founded in Germany in 1708 and later reorganized in the U.S., characterized by the practice of trine immersion, the celebration of a love feast accompanying the Lord's Supper, and opposition to the taking of oaths and to military service.
- dunites
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noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine.
- suberin
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noun,
a waxlike, fatty substance, occurring in cork cell walls and in or between other cells, that on alkaline hydrolysis yields chiefly suberic acid.
- brisket
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noun,
the breast of an animal, or the part of the breast lying next to the ribs.
- duikers
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noun,
any of several small African antelopes of the Cephalophus, Sylvicapra, and related genera, the males and often the females having short, spikelike horns: some are endangered.
- dourine
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noun,
an infectious disease of horses, affecting the genitals and hind legs, caused by a protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma equiperdum.
- diurons
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noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 9 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a weed-killer.
- tedious
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adjective,
marked by monotony or tedium; long and tiresome:
- brunets
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noun,
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
- Donetsk
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noun,
a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.
- doeskin
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noun,
the skin of a doe.
- triunes
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- tinders
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noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- bodkins
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noun,
a small, pointed instrument for making holes in cloth, leather, etc.
- steroid
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noun,
any of a large group of fat-soluble organic compounds, as the sterols, bile acids, and sex hormones, most of which have specific physiological action.
- redskin
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noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a North American Indian.
- unbroke
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adjective,
unbroken.
- Bedouin
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noun,
an Arab of the desert, in Asia or Africa; nomadic Arab.
- untried
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adjective,
not tried; not attempted, proved, or tested.
- obtrude
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verb (used with object),
to thrust (something) forward or upon a person, especially without warrant or invitation:
- Beduins
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noun,
Bedouin.
- kineto-
-
- Kirsten
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noun,
a female given name, Scandinavian form of Christine.
- rebound
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noun,
the act of rebounding; recoil.
- routine
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- outside
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noun,
the outer side, surface, or part; exterior:
- binders
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noun,
a person or thing that binds.
- rodents
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noun,
a rodent mammal.
- red-ink
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noun,
a financial deficit; business loss.
- Rosebud
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noun,
the bud of a rose.
- redoubt
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noun,
an isolated work forming a complete enclosure of any form, used to defend a prominent point.
- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- redouts
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noun,
a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- obtunds
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verb (used with object),
to blunt; dull; deaden.
- resound
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verb (used with object),
to reecho (a sound).
- unrobes
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verb (used with or without object),
to disrobe; undress.
- outbids
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in bidding; make a higher bid than (another bidder).
- neutro-
-
- nitrous
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adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- side-on
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adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- sidero-
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- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- outride
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noun,
Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.
- sunder
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verb (used with object),
to separate; part; divide; sever.
- norite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- tenuis
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noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- tinder
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noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- drunks
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noun,
an intoxicated person.
- nitro-
-
- Donets
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noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- drouks
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verb (used with object),
to wet thoroughly; drench.
- reskin
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verb (used with object),
to replace or repair the exterior surface or coating of:
- donsie
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adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- droits
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noun,
a legal right or claim.
- douser
-
noun,
a person or thing that douses.
- donuts
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noun,
doughnut.
- drinks
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noun,
any liquid that is swallowed to quench thirst, for nourishment, etc.; beverage.
- tensor
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- sunket
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noun,
something, especially something to eat.
- dories
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noun,
a boat with a narrow, flat bottom, high bow, and flaring sides.
- Dorset
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noun,
1st Earl of, Thomas Sackville.
- dorsi-
-
- driest
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noun,
a prohibitionist.
- douter
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noun,
an implement for snuffing out candles, consisting either of a scissorlike device with two broad flat blades or of a cone at the end of a handle.
- Reston
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noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- doubts
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noun,
a feeling of uncertainty about the truth, reality, or nature of something.
- ribose
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- sinker
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noun,
a person or thing that sinks.
- diseur
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noun,
a male professional entertainer who performs monologues.
- Dnestr
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noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- debris
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noun,
the remains of anything broken down or destroyed; ruins; rubble:
- debuts
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noun,
a first public appearance on a stage, on television, etc.
- debunk
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verb (used with object),
to expose or excoriate (a claim, assertion, sentiment, etc.) as being pretentious, false, or exaggerated:
- debtor
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noun,
a person who is in debt or under financial obligation to another (opposed to creditor).
- outbid
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in bidding; make a higher bid than (another bidder).
- Tories
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noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- debits
-
noun,
the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- obtuse
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adjective,
not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- buteos
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- Osbert
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noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.
- Buster
-
noun,
a person who breaks up something:
- orbits
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- denti-
-
- obtund
-
verb (used with object),
to blunt; dull; deaden.
- diuron
-
noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 9 H 10 Cl 2 N 2 O, used as a weed-killer.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- tinker
-
noun,
a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant.
- redout
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noun,
a condition experienced by pilots and astronauts in which blood is forced to the head and results in a reddening of the field of vision during rapid deceleration or in maneuvers that produce a negative gravity force.
- distr.
-
- suited
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noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- Tobies
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- rebuts
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verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- diners
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noun,
a person who dines.
- desorb
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verb (used with object),
to remove an absorbate or adsorbate from (an absorbent or adsorbent).
- rebids
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noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- dinero
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noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- deuton
-
noun,
deuteron.
- deuto-
-
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- detour
-
noun,
a roundabout or circuitous way or course, especially one used temporarily when the main route is closed.
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- subnet
-
noun,
the abstraction, in topology, of a subsequence.
- DuBois
-
noun,
(Marie) Eugène (François Thomas) [ma-ree œ-zhen frahn-swa taw-mah] /maˈri œˈʒɛn frɑ̃ˈswa tɔˈmɑ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1941, Dutch physical anthropologist and anatomist.
- Kidron
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noun,
a ravine E of Jerusalem, leading to the Mount of Olives: traditionally identified by Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religions as the Valley of Decision, the place of final judgment. Joel 3:2, 12.
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- sorbet
-
noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- sorted
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Ruskin
-
noun,
John, 1819–1900, English author, art critic, and social reformer.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- kernos
-
noun,
a Mycenaean ceramic piece, usually in the form of a ring, to which were attached a number of cups or vases.
- souter
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- sobeit
-
conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- rubies
-
noun,
a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
- rubied
-
adjective,
having a color like that of a ruby; deep red.
- Rubens
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noun,
Peter Paul [pee-ter pawl;; Flemish pey-tuh r poul] /ˈpi tər pɔl;; Flemish ˈpeɪ tər paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1577–1640, Flemish painter.
- knouts
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noun,
a whip with a lash of leather thongs, formerly used in Russia for flogging criminals.
- steno-
-
- Enkidu
-
noun,
the servant and friend of Gilgamesh.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Ruston
-
noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- inbred
-
adjective,
naturally inherent; innate; native:
- enduro
-
noun,
an endurance race for automobiles or sometimes motorcycles.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intro.
-
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- Serkin
-
noun,
Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈruˌdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1903–91, U.S. pianist, born in Bohemia.
- serbo-
-
- instr.
-
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- indues
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- Kedron
-
noun,
Kidron.
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- koines
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) an amalgam of Greek dialects, chiefly Attic and Ionic, that replaced the Classical Greek dialects in the Hellenistic period and flourished under the Roman Empire.
- stinko
-
adjective,
drunk.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- stroke
-
noun,
the act or an instance of striking, as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; a blow.
- Stroud
-
noun,
a coarse woolen cloth, blanket, or garment formerly used by the British in bartering with the North American Indians.
- nebris
-
noun,
a fawn skin worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers.
- studio
-
noun,
the workroom or atelier of an artist, as a painter or sculptor.
- Dunois
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Comte de ("Bastard of Orleans") 1403?–68, French military leader: relieved by Joan of Arc and her troops when besieged at Orleans.
- Nesbit
-
noun,
E(dith) 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
- Dunker
-
noun,
a member of the Church of the Brethren, a denomination of Christians founded in Germany in 1708 and later reorganized in the U.S., characterized by the practice of trine immersion, the celebration of a love feast accompanying the Lord's Supper, and opposition to the taking of oaths and to military service.
- neuro-
-
- robust
-
adjective,
strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous:
- dunite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed almost entirely of olivine.
- subito
-
adverb,
(as a musical direction) suddenly; abruptly:
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- duiker
-
noun,
any of several small African antelopes of the Cephalophus, Sylvicapra, and related genera, the males and often the females having short, spikelike horns: some are endangered.
- suborn
-
verb (used with object),
to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime.
- strode
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- Duster
-
noun,
a person or thing that removes or applies dust.
- stoked
-
adjective,
exhilarated; excited.
- rounds
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- eikons
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- stoker
-
noun,
a person or thing that stokes.
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- Korbut
-
noun,
Olga, born 1955, Russian gymnast.
- rouens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- Dustin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- rotund
-
adjective,
round in shape; rounded:
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- stound
-
noun,
Archaic. a short time; short while.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- strike
-
noun,
an act or instance of striking.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- strobe
-
noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- duties
-
noun,
something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
- Busoni
-
noun,
Ferruccio (Benvenuto) [fer-root-chaw ben-ve-noo-taw] /fɛrˈrut tʃɔ ˌbɛn vɛˈnu tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1924, Italian composer and pianist.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- buskin
-
noun,
a thick-soled, laced boot or half boot.
- brunet
-
noun,
a person, usually a male, with dark hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
- Briton
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- Brodie
-
noun,
a suicidal or daredevil leap; wild dive:
- broken
-
noun,
an act or instance of breaking; disruption or separation of parts; fracture; rupture:
- brokes
-
noun,
Papermaking. paper unfit for sale; paper that is to be repulped.
- Bronte
-
noun,
Anne ("Acton Bell") 1820–49, English novelist.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- birken
-
adjective,
birchen; birch.
- unbred
-
adjective,
not taught or trained.
- under-
-
- bruins
-
noun,
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
- bruise
-
noun,
an injury due to bruising; contusion.
- undies
-
plural noun,
women's or children's underwear.
- bruits
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- undoes
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- bistro
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- unrobe
-
verb (used with or without object),
to disrobe; undress.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- bidets
-
noun,
a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- trikes
-
noun,
tricycle.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- United
-
adjective,
made into or caused to act as a single entity:
- brunts
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- bikers
-
noun,
a person who rides a bicycle, motorcycle, or motorbike, especially in competition or as a hobby.
- binder
-
noun,
a person or thing that binds.
- trokes
-
noun,
truck2 (defs 4–7).
- Undset
-
noun,
Sigrid [sig-rid;; Norwegian si-gri] /ˈsɪg rɪd;; Norwegian ˈsɪ grɪ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1949, Norwegian novelist: Nobel prize 1928.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- tubers
-
noun,
Botany. a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- Bodkin
-
noun,
a small, pointed instrument for making holes in cloth, leather, etc.
- Borden
-
noun,
Gail, 1801–74, U.S. inventor: developed technique for condensing milk.
- turbo-
-
- Bordet
-
noun,
Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent [zhyl zhahn ba-teest van-sahn] /ʒül ʒɑ̃ baˈtist vɛ̃ˈsɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1870–1961, Belgian physiologist and bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1919.
- boride
-
noun,
a compound consisting of two elements of which boron is the more electronegative one.
- turbid
-
adjective,
not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured:
- turbos
-
noun,
turbine.
- boners
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- Tunker
-
noun,
Dunker.
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- bosker
-
adjective,
very good; excellent.
- bosket
-
noun,
a grove; thicket.
- boites
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- Botkin
-
noun,
Benjamin Albert, 1901–75, U.S. folklorist, editor, and essayist.
- bodies
-
noun,
the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead.
- brinks
-
noun,
the edge or margin of a steep place or of land bordering water.
- brents
-
noun,
brant.
- brines
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- biuret
-
noun,
a white crystalline substance, C 2 H 5 O 2 N 3 ⋅H 2 O, soluble in water and alcohol, used for the identification of urea, from which it is formed on heating.
- Breton
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1966, French poet, essayist, and critic.
- tusker
-
noun,
an animal with tusks, as an elephant or a wild boar.
- tuboid
-
adjective,
having or approximating a tubular form.
- boudin
-
noun,
a blood sausage (boudin noir) or sometimes a white sausage (boudin blanc) made of chicken, pork, or veal.
- tuebor
-
verb,
I will defend: motto on the coat of arms of Michigan.
- turkis
-
noun,
the Turkic languages of central Asia, taken collectively.
- Bourse
-
noun,
a stock exchange, especially the stock exchange of certain European cities.
- bourns
-
noun,
burn2 .
- Bourne
-
noun,
a city in SE Massachusetts.
- Bounds
-
noun,
a leap onward or upward; jump.
- bestud
-
verb (used with object),
to set with or as if with studs; dot:
- Brunei
-
noun,
a sultanate under British protection on the NW coast of Borneo: formerly a British protectorate; gained independence 1984. 2220 sq. mi. (5750 sq. km). Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan.
- Benoit
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (or Peter) Léonard Léopold [ley-aw-nar ley-aw-pawld] /leɪ ɔˈnar leɪ ɔˈpɔld/ (Show IPA), 1834–1901, Belgian composer.
- burins
-
noun,
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
- Burnet
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genera Sanguisorba and Poterium, of the rose family, having pinnate leaves and dense heads of small flowers.
- burden
-
noun,
that which is carried; load:
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- tribo-
-
- urino-
-
- Beduin
-
noun,
Bedouin.
- untrod
-
adjective,
not trod; not traversed:
- Beirut
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Lebanon.
- Bunkie
-
noun,
bunkmate.
- utero-
-
- burkes
-
noun,
Billie (Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke) 1886–1970, U.S. actress.
- buries
-
noun,
Nautical. housing1 (def 8a, b).
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- bunkos
-
noun,
a swindle in which a person is cheated at gambling, persuaded to buy a nonexistent, unsalable, or worthless object, or otherwise victimized.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- Bunker
-
noun,
a large bin or receptacle; a fixed chest or box:
- Burton
-
noun,
any of various small tackles for use on shipboard.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- bundts
-
adjective,
of or noting a cake baked in such a pan, or the ring-shaped form of such a cake.
- siker
-
adverb,
certainly; without doubt.
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- bodes
-
verb,
a simple past tense of bide.
- turks
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Turkey.
- Sino-
-
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Usbek
-
noun,
Uzbek.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- Turki
-
noun,
the Turkic languages of central Asia, taken collectively.
- rebid
-
noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- Ursid
-
noun,
any plantigrade carnivore of the family Ursidae, comprising the spectacled bear, the black, brown, and sun bears, and various extinct species that also gave rise to the giant panda of the family Ailuropodidae.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- OBrit
-
- keros
-
noun,
a wooden container, as a beaker, made by the Incas.
- Kerns
-
noun,
a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
- rebus
-
noun,
a representation of a word or phrase by pictures, symbols, etc., that suggest that word or phrase or its syllables:
- kerbs
-
noun, verb (used with object),
curb (defs 1, 15).
- Uredo
-
noun,
a skin irritation; hives; urticaria.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- kenos
-
noun,
a game of chance, adapted from lotto for gambling purposes.
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- kendo
-
noun,
a Japanese form of fencing using bamboo staves, with the contestants wearing head guards and protective garments.
- Udine
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy.
- keirs
-
noun,
kier.
- sebi-
-
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sero-
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- seti-
-
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- oinks
-
noun,
the squealing or grunting sound made by a pig.
- sito-
-
- skite
-
noun,
a quick, oblique blow or stroke; a chopping blow.
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- indue
-
verb (used with object),
endue.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- bones
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- Indo-
-
- skirt
-
noun,
the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- ikons
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- Indus
-
noun,
a river in S Asia, flowing from W Tibet through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. 1900 miles (3060 km) long.
- snoek
-
noun,
a long, slender marine food fish, Thyrsites atun, of the family Gempylidae, of the southern oceans.
- ideo-
-
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- ordn.
-
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- soken
-
noun,
a district held by socage.
- 30-30
-
- skint
-
adjective,
having no money; penniless.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- skein
-
noun,
a length of yarn or thread wound on a reel or swift preparatory for use in manufacturing.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Kerst
-
noun,
Donald William, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- utend
-
- Turk.
-
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- intr.
-
- Boise
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- turds
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- bonds
-
noun,
something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- oste-
-
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- inst.
-
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- boned
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- skied
-
noun,
one of a pair of long, slender runners made of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
- boner
-
noun,
a person or thing that bones.
- Skier
-
noun,
a person who skis.
- Obeid
-
noun,
El Obeid.
- kiers
-
noun,
a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- keto-
-
- robes
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- neur-
-
- neuks
-
noun,
nook.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- biker
-
noun,
a person who rides a bicycle, motorcycle, or motorbike, especially in competition or as a hobby.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Robin
-
noun,
any of several small Old World birds having a red or reddish breast, especially Erithacus rubecula, of Europe.
- neut.
-
- Unit.
-
- Nebr.
-
- Robus
-
noun,
Hugo, 1885–1963, U.S. sculptor.
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- binds
-
noun,
the act or process of binding; the state or instance of being bound.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- nudes
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- nitr-
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- nodus
-
noun,
a difficult or intricate point, situation, plot, etc.
- retd.
-
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- bides
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- bidet
-
noun,
a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- reni-
-
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Niobe
-
noun,
the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- nidus
-
noun,
a nest, especially one in which insects, spiders, etc., deposit their eggs.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- rinks
-
noun,
a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- nudi-
-
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- kines
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- Knies
-
noun,
Karl Gustav Adolf [kahrl goo s-tahf ah-dawlf] /kɑrl ˈgʊs tɑf ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1821–98, German statistician and historical economist.
- rubes
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- kites
-
noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- birks
-
noun, adjective, verb (used with object),
birch.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- kirns
-
noun,
a churn.
- kinos
-
noun,
(in Europe) a motion-picture theater; cinema.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- bison
-
noun,
Also called American bison, American buffalo. a North American, oxlike ruminant, Bison bison, having a large head and high, humped shoulders: formerly common in North America, its small remaining population in isolated western areas of the U.S. and Canada is now protected.
- Rundi
-
noun,
a member of a people constituting virtually the entire population of Burundi.
- knits
-
noun,
fabric produced by knitting.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- bends
-
noun,
the act of bending.
- Kindu
-
noun,
a town in E Zaire, on the Lualaba River.
- obdt.
-
- kinds
-
noun,
a class or group of individual objects, people, animals, etc., of the same nature or character, or classified together because they have traits in common; category:
- runed
-
adjective,
having runes inscribed:
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- rebut
-
verb (used with object),
to refute by evidence or argument.
- kibes
-
noun,
a chapped or ulcerated chilblain, especially on the heel.
- redos
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Ruben
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Reuben (defs 1, 2).
- kudos
-
noun,
honor; glory; acclaim:
- Koner
-
noun,
Pauline, 1905–2000, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- krone
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Denmark, equal to 100 öre. Abbreviation: Kr., kr.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- Krebs
-
noun,
Sir Hans Adolf [hahns ah-dawlf;; English hanz ad-olf,, ey-dolf] /hɑns ˈɑ dɔlf;; English hænz ˈæd ɒlf,, ˈeɪ dɒlf/ (Show IPA), 1900–81, German biochemist in England: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1953.
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- Kosti
-
noun,
a city in E central Sudan, on the White Nile.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- round
-
noun,
any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
- nudie
-
noun,
a film, performance, or magazine featuring nude performers or photographs.
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- Koine
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) an amalgam of Greek dialects, chiefly Attic and Ionic, that replaced the Classical Greek dialects in the Hellenistic period and flourished under the Roman Empire.
- knout
-
noun,
a whip with a lash of leather thongs, formerly used in Russia for flogging criminals.
- nukes
-
noun,
a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- nurds
-
noun,
nerd.
- knurs
-
noun,
a knotty or hard protuberance or growth, as on a tree.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- biont
-
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- bonks
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hit, strike, collide, etc.:
- Euro-
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- brunt
-
noun,
the main force or impact, as of an attack or blow:
- dorse
-
noun,
the back of a book or folded document.
- dorks
-
noun,
Slang. a silly, out-of-touch person who tends to look odd or behave ridiculously around others; a social misfit:
Synonyms: jerk, schmo; nerd, geek.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Doris
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- brute
-
noun,
a nonhuman creature; beast.
- donut
-
noun,
doughnut.
- Donus
-
noun,
died a.d. 678, pope 676–678.
- troke
-
noun,
truck2 (defs 4–7).
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- teno-
-
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Tibur
-
noun,
ancient name of Tivoli.
- doers
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Dobie
-
noun,
Chiefly Southwestern U.S. adobe.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- BSRet
-
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- tious
-
- Bruno
-
noun,
Giordano [jawr-dah-naw] /dʒɔrˈdɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1548?–1600, Italian philosopher.
- dorts
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- dist.
-
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- duets
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- Duero
-
noun,
Spanish name of Douro.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- trunk
-
noun,
the main stem of a tree, as distinct from the branches and roots.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- broke
-
noun,
Papermaking. paper unfit for sale; paper that is to be repulped.
- Druse
-
noun,
an incrustation of small crystals on the surface of a rock or mineral.
- drunk
-
noun,
an intoxicated person.
- drubs
-
noun,
a blow with a stick or the like.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- drouk
-
verb (used with object),
to wet thoroughly; drench.
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- Broun
-
noun,
(Matthew) Heywood (Campbell) 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, essayist, and novelist.
- drink
-
noun,
any liquid that is swallowed to quench thirst, for nourishment, etc.; beverage.
- Bruin
-
noun,
a bear, especially a European brown bear.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- dribs
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- dreks
-
noun,
dreck.
- douse
-
noun,
British Dialect. a stroke or blow.
- bruit
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. any generally abnormal sound or murmur heard on auscultation.
- doubt
-
noun,
a feeling of uncertainty about the truth, reality, or nature of something.
- Doubs
-
noun,
a river in E France, flowing into the Saône River. About 260 miles (420 km) long.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Bueno
-
interjection,
good; all right.
- Brit.
-
- burse
-
noun,
a pouch or case for some special purpose.
- dent.
-
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- debut
-
noun,
a first public appearance on a stage, on television, etc.
- debus
-
verb (used with or without object),
to get out of a bus; alight from a bus.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- Burke
-
noun,
Billie (Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke) 1886–1970, U.S. actress.
- Burns
-
noun,
Arthur F(rank) 1904–1987, U.S. economist, born in Austria: chairman of the Federal Reserve Board 1970–78.
- burnt
-
noun,
a burned place or area:
- debit
-
noun,
the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- Debir
-
noun,
a royal city in the vicinity of Hebron, conquered by Othniel.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- torsk
-
noun,
a cod.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- Butes
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- burst
-
noun,
an act or instance of bursting.
- Buteo
-
noun,
any of several buzzards or hawks of the genus Buteo.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- burin
-
noun,
a tempered steel rod, with a lozenge-shaped point and a rounded handle, used for engraving furrows in metal.
- burds
-
noun,
a young lady; maiden.
- trike
-
noun,
tricycle.
- bunds
-
noun,
an embankment or an embanked quay, often providing a promenade.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- dirks
-
noun,
a dagger, especially of the Scottish Highlands.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- dinks
-
noun,
dinghy.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- bundt
-
adjective,
of or noting a cake baked in such a pan, or the ring-shaped form of such a cake.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- token
-
noun,
something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign:
- tokes
-
noun,
a tip or gratuity given by a gambler to a dealer or other employee at a casino.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- bunko
-
noun,
a swindle in which a person is cheated at gambling, persuaded to buy a nonexistent, unsalable, or worthless object, or otherwise victimized.
- Deut.
-
- bunks
-
noun,
a built-in platform bed, as on a ship.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- bunts
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Bound
-
noun,
a leap onward or upward; jump.
- endo-
-
- stirk
-
noun,
a young bull or cow, especially one in its second year.
- stoke
-
noun,
a unit of kinematic viscosity, equal to the viscosity of a fluid in poises divided by the density of the fluid in grams per cubic centimeter.
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- eikon
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- brisk
-
adjective,
quick and active; lively:
- edit.
-
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- bosun
-
noun,
boatswain.
- Bourn
-
noun,
burn2 .
- stork
-
noun,
any of several wading birds of the family Ciconiidae, having long legs and a long neck and bill.
Compare adjutant stork, jabiru, marabou (def 1), white stork, wood ibis.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- Bouse
-
noun,
liquor or drink.
- Tudor
-
noun,
Antony, 1909–87, English choreographer and dancer.
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- tubi-
-
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- Durst
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- stink
-
noun,
a strong offensive smell; stench.
- durns
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- bonus
-
noun,
something given or paid over and above what is due.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- SOUND
-
noun,
the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- borne
-
noun,
a circular sofa having a conical or cylindrical back piece at the center.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Bornu
-
noun,
a former sultanate in Africa, SW of Lake Chad: now largely a province in Nigeria.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Eridu
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian and Babylonian city near the Euphrates in S Iraq: center for the worship of Ea; partially excavated.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- ster.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ento-
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- borts
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- duros
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- suber
-
noun,
cork (def 6).
- dures
-
verb (used with or without object),
endure.
- stunk
-
noun,
a strong offensive smell; stench.
- tubes
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Bride
-
noun,
a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.
- dunts
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- tuber
-
noun,
Botany. a fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
- Brink
-
noun,
the edge or margin of a steep place or of land bordering water.
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- dunks
-
noun,
any flavorful sauce, dip, gravy, etc., into which portions of food are dipped before eating.
- duits
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- urbs
-
noun,
an urban area.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- skit
-
noun,
a short literary piece of a humorous or satirical character.
- tonk
-
noun,
a form of rummy for two or more players with deuces wild.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Ste.
-
- stbd
-
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- urds
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- trid
-
- stud
-
noun,
a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- skid
-
noun,
a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
- toke
-
noun,
a tip or gratuity given by a gambler to a dealer or other employee at a casino.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- sunk
-
noun,
a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- ukes
-
noun,
ukulele.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Reik
-
noun,
Theodor [thee-uh-dawr,, -dohr;; German tey-aw-dawr] /ˈθi əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr;; German ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1888–1969, U.S. psychologist and author, born in Austria.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- skin
-
noun,
the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- uret
-
- udos
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- soke
-
noun,
the privilege of holding court, usually connected with the feudal rights of lordship.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- ouds
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- OSRD
-
- sord
-
noun,
a flight or flock of mallards.
- Rus.
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Orsk
-
noun,
a city in the S Russian Federation in Europe, on the Ural River.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Soni
-
- tri-
-
- trek
-
noun,
a journey or trip, especially one involving difficulty or hardship.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- TRIB
-
- TODS
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- uro-
-
- souk
-
noun,
suk.
- out-
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- tube
-
noun,
a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Rusk
-
noun,
a slice of sweet raised bread dried and baked again in the oven; zwieback.
- used
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Rude
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1784–1855, French sculptor.
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- roke
-
noun,
a seam or scratch filled with scale or slag on the surface of an ingot or bar.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- str.
-
- ter.
-
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- uni-
-
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- surd
-
noun,
Phonetics. a voiceless consonant (opposed to sonant).
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sink
-
noun,
a basin or receptacle, as in a kitchen or laundry, usually connected with a water supply and drainage system, for washing dishes, clothing, etc.
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- tron
-
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- TDRS
-
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- ten.
-
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- stub
-
noun,
a short projecting part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- sike
-
noun,
a small stream.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- tusk
-
noun,
(in certain animals) a tooth developed to great length, usually one of a pair, as in the elephant, walrus, and wild boar, but singly in the narwhal.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- tude
-
noun,
an arrogant attitude.
- rit.
-
- risk
-
noun,
exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance:
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- sked
-
noun,
an airline that maintains a regular schedule of flights.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Tob.
-
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- Sekt
-
noun,
sparkling wine; champagne.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rubs
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Ukr.
-
- std.
-
- turd
-
noun,
a piece of excrement.
- undo
-
verb (used with object),
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- sub-
-
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Tues
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Rube
-
noun,
an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sur-
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- rink
-
noun,
a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tion
-
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- kerb
-
noun, verb (used with object),
curb (defs 1, 15).
- keno
-
noun,
a game of chance, adapted from lotto for gambling purposes.
- Kind
-
noun,
a class or group of individual objects, people, animals, etc., of the same nature or character, or classified together because they have traits in common; category:
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Kier
-
noun,
a large vat in which fibers, yarns, or fabrics are boiled, bleached, or dyed.
- Ens.
-
- kibe
-
noun,
a chapped or ulcerated chilblain, especially on the heel.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- ket-
-
- kero
-
noun,
a wooden container, as a beaker, made by the Incas.
- Kern
-
noun,
a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Brut
-
noun,
any of a number of partly legendary, partly historical chronicles dealing with early English history, written during the Middle Ages and usually beginning with Brutus, the mythic and eponymous ancestor of the country.
- Keos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Aegean, off the SE coast of the Greek mainland. 56 sq. mi. (145 sq. km).
- Kent
-
noun,
James, 1763–1847, U.S. jurist.
- kens
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- eous
-
- 1080
-
- BSIE
-
- BSIR
-
- BSIT
-
- Erik
-
noun,
a male given name.
- bskt
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- BSOT
-
- BSRT
-
- Keir
-
noun,
kier.
- ord.
-
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- Bund
-
noun,
an embankment or an embanked quay, often providing a promenade.
- kine
-
noun,
a plural of cow1 .
- kino
-
noun,
(in Europe) a motion-picture theater; cinema.
- bunt
-
noun,
a push with the head or horns; butt.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Krio
-
noun,
an English-based creole of Sierra Leone, a first language of the residents of Freetown and its environs, and a lingua franca elsewhere in the country.
- Eisk
-
noun,
Yeisk.
- boun
-
verb (used with or without object),
to prepare; make ready.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Kore
-
noun,
Greek Antiquity. a sculptured representation of a young woman, especially one produced prior to the 5th century b.c.
- bout
-
noun,
a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- kobs
-
noun,
an African antelope, Kobus kob, related to the puku and the lechwe.
- Kobe
-
noun,
a seaport on S Honshu, in S Japan.
- Knut
-
noun,
Canute.
- knur
-
noun,
a knotty or hard protuberance or growth, as on a tree.
- knub
-
noun,
nub.
- Knt.
-
- Bred
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- kins
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- kite
-
noun,
a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
- Enki
-
noun,
a Sumerian water god and god of wisdom: the counterpart of the Akkadian Ea.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- kirn
-
noun,
a churn.
- kirs
-
noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- kist
-
noun,
a coffer; a money chest.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- end-
-
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- knit
-
noun,
fabric produced by knitting.
- knob
-
noun,
a projecting part, usually rounded, forming the handle of a door, drawer, or the like.
- knot
-
noun,
an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord to something else.
- Brno
-
noun,
a city in S Moravia, in the SE Czech Republic: former capital of Moravia.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- bunk
-
noun,
a built-in platform bed, as on a ship.
- Bur.
-
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- inks
-
noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- est.
-
- IndE
-
- ikon
-
noun,
icon (defs 1, 2).
- dibs
-
noun,
money in small amounts.
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dike
-
noun,
an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river:
- Idun
-
noun,
a goddess, keeper of the apples of youth and wife of Bragi; abducted by the giant Thjazi, from whom she was rescued.
- Din.
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- int.
-
- dink
-
noun,
dinghy.
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- Dino
-
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- dir.
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- disk
-
noun,
any thin, flat, circular plate or object.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- Ind.
-
- Dirk
-
noun,
a dagger, especially of the Scottish Highlands.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Eur.
-
- Deus
-
noun,
God. Abbreviation: D.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Burd
-
noun,
a young lady; maiden.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Buri
-
noun,
the first of the gods, revealed when the cow Audhumla licked away the salty ice that covered him.
- Burk
-
noun,
Martha Jane, 1852?–1903, Calamity Jane.
- burs
-
noun,
a rough, prickly case around the seeds of certain plants, as the chestnut or burdock.
- Burt
-
noun,
William Austin, 1792–1858, U.S. surveyor and inventor.
- bus.
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- busk
-
verb (used without object),
Chiefly British. to entertain by dancing, singing, or reciting on the street or in a public place.
- Bust
-
noun,
a sculptured, painted, drawn, or engraved representation of the upper part of the human figure, especially a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- but-
-
- Bute
-
noun,
phenylbutazone.
- buts
-
noun,
buts, reservations or objections:
- dobe
-
noun,
Informal. adobe.
- iso-
-
- ISBN
-
- iod-
-
- eso-
-
- desk
-
noun,
an article of furniture having a broad, usually level, writing surface, as well as drawers or compartments for papers, writing materials, etc.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- der.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Den.
-
- ious
-
- Esd.
-
- debt
-
noun,
something that is owed or that one is bound to pay to or perform for another:
- Ire.
-
- Debs
-
noun,
Eugene Victor, 1855–1926, U.S. labor leader: Socialist candidate for president 1900–20.
- irks
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- deb.
-
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Kris
-
noun,
creese.
- kors
-
noun,
homer2 .
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Dust
-
noun,
earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Duse
-
noun,
Eleonora [el-ee-uh-nawr-uh;; Italian e-le-aw-naw-rah] /ˌɛl i əˈnɔr ə;; Italian ˌɛ lɛ ɔˈnɔ rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, Italian actress.
- dusk
-
noun,
the state or period of partial darkness between day and night; the dark part of twilight.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Benu
-
noun,
the sacred bird of ancient Egypt, corresponding to the phoenix.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- obs.
-
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- bet.
-
- bide
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- dour
-
adjective,
sullen; gloomy:
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- bike
-
noun,
Informal.
a bicycle.
a motorbike.
a motorcycle.
- bin-
-
- BIND
-
noun,
the act or process of binding; the state or instance of being bound.
- nurd
-
noun,
nerd.
- nuke
-
noun,
a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon.
- nude
-
noun,
a sculpture, painting, etc., of a nude human figure.
- nubs
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- kudo
-
noun,
honor; glory; acclaim:
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- bio-
-
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- dune
-
noun,
a sand hill or sand ridge formed by the wind, usually in desert regions or near lakes and oceans.
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- dubs
-
noun,
an awkward, unskillful person.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- Ont.
-
- drub
-
noun,
a blow with a stick or the like.
- dues
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- duet
-
noun,
a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
- drib
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- Duit
-
noun,
doit (def 1).
- Duke
-
noun,
(in Continental Europe) the male ruler of a duchy; the sovereign of a small state.
- Okie
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a migrant farm worker from Oklahoma or nearby states, especially one who moved westward during the Great Depression.
- drek
-
noun,
dreck.
- dunk
-
noun,
any flavorful sauce, dip, gravy, etc., into which portions of food are dipped before eating.
- duro
-
noun,
a peso of Spain or Spanish America.
- okes
-
noun,
oka1 .
- Duns
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- dunt
-
noun,
a hard blow or hit, especially one that makes a dull sound; thump.
- Oken
-
noun,
Lorenz (Lorenz Ockenfuss) 1779–1851, German naturalist and philosopher.
- duo-
-
- duos
-
noun,
Music. duet.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- BDes
-
- oink
-
noun,
the squealing or grunting sound made by a pig.
- oiks
-
noun,
oaf; lout.
- dure
-
adjective,
hard; severe.
- durn
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), noun,
darn2 .
- Bend
-
noun,
the act of bending.
- Odus
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- NTSB
-
- dis-
-
- dork
-
noun,
Slang. a silly, out-of-touch person who tends to look odd or behave ridiculously around others; a social misfit:
Synonyms: jerk, schmo; nerd, geek.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- neuk
-
noun,
nook.
- bks.
-
- not-
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Bode
-
verb,
a simple past tense of bide.
- bor.
-
- neo-
-
- bods
-
noun,
body:
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- Born
-
noun,
Max, 1882–1970, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- Bork
-
verb (used with object),
to attack (a candidate or public figure) systematically, especially in the media.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Bond
-
noun,
something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- bonk
-
verb (used with or without object),
to hit, strike, collide, etc.:
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- Nike
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of victory.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- Nor.
-
- bot.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- Bird
-
noun,
any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- Birk
-
noun, adjective, verb (used with object),
birch.
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- bosk
-
noun,
a small wood or thicket, especially of bushes.
- Bisk
-
noun,
bisque1 .
- Kurd
-
noun,
a member of an Islamic people speaking Kurdish and dwelling chiefly in Kurdistan.
- Kure
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- kurn
-
noun,
kirn2 .
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Kurt
-
noun,
a male given name.
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- DSR
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DST
-
- Doi
-
- DRE
-
- Tbi
-
- TID
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TBO
-
- Dou
-
noun,
Gerard [gey-rahrt] /ˈgeɪ rɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- TBD
-
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- DOB
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- DNR
-
- DNB
-
- dk.
-
- DIU
-
noun,
part of the union territory of Daman and Diu (Goa, Daman, and Diu in 1961–87) in W India: a former Portuguese colony, comprising a small island and seaport at the extremity of Kathiawar peninsula.
- Dr.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- BIE
-
- Urd
-
noun,
a plant, Vigna mungo, of the legume family, widely cultivated in tropical Asia for its edible seeds and for forage.
- urb
-
noun,
an urban area.
- ur-
-
- uns
-
- bi-
-
- BID
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- UNO
-
- Une
-
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- Uke
-
noun,
ukulele.
- UIT
-
- udo
-
noun,
a plant, Aralia cordata, of the ginseng family, cultivated, especially in Japan and China, for its edible shoots.
- bk.
-
- Ube
-
noun,
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan.
- bkt
-
- Bn.
-
- ure
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Bok
-
noun,
Edward William, 1863–1930, U.S. editor and writer, born in the Netherlands.
- BDS
-
plural,
board.
- uti
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- USR
-
- USO
-
- USN
-
- Usk
-
noun,
a river flowing S and SE from SE Wales through SW England into the Severn estuary. 60 miles (97 km) long.
- bd.
-
plural,
board.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- Bde
-
- be-
-
- USB
-
- BED
-
noun,
a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- BOD
-
noun,
body:
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- BTU
-
noun,
the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound (0.4 kg) of water 1°F. Abbreviation: Btu, BTU, B.t.u., B.T.U., B.th.u.
- Br.
-
- BNS
-
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- TKO
-
- de-
-
- Bud
-
noun,
Botany.
a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud)
an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- bun
-
noun,
any of a wide variety of variously shaped bread rolls, usually leavened and slightly sweetened or plain, sometimes containing spices, dried currants, etc.
- tr.
-
- DBE
-
- do.
-
- DSO
-
- DBS
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- BTE
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- DET
-
- di.
-
- DIB
-
verb (used without object),
to fish by letting the bait bob lightly on the water.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TNB
-
- bu.
-
- Bt.
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- TSI
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- tue
-
- BRE
-
- tub
-
noun,
a bathtub.
- Tu.
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- tsk
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tsk.”.
- TSE
-
- BST
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- BRT
-
- Suk
-
noun,
(especially in the Arab countries) the market, especially the traditional bazaar.
- BSD
-
- BSE
-
- Tro
-
- BSN
-
- BSO
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- STB
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- Kur
-
noun,
(in Sumerian mythology) the world of the dead.
- RSE
-
- Rs.
-
- kob
-
noun,
an African antelope, Kobus kob, related to the puku and the lechwe.
- koi
-
noun,
any of various colorful cultivated forms of the common carp, Cyprinus carpio, apparently originating in Japan and other parts of eastern temperate Asia.
- kor
-
noun,
homer2 .
- Kos
-
noun,
a unit of land distance of various lengths from 1 to 3 miles (1.6 to 4.8 km).
- kr.
-
- krs
-
- ksi
-
- Kun
-
noun,
Béla [bey-lo] /ˈbeɪ lɒ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1937, Hungarian Communist leader.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- rte
-
- ROK
-
noun,
a soldier in the army of the Republic of Korea.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- NbE
-
- NBS
-
- NDE
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- ne-
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- rt.
-
- RTS
-
- rnd
-
- Ken
-
noun,
knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception:
- Keb
-
noun,
Geb.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ked
-
noun,
sheeptick.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SED
-
- se-
-
- SDR
-
- SDI
-
- SBE
-
- Du.
-
- SRO
-
- rub
-
noun,
an act or instance of rubbing:
- So.
-
- sd.
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Ker
-
- Kid
-
noun,
Informal. a child or young person.
- kin
-
noun,
a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- kir
-
noun,
an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Kit
-
noun,
a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose:
- kn.
-
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- NES
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- Rd.
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ODT
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oid
-
- oik
-
noun,
oaf; lout.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- oke
-
noun,
oka1 .
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- oud
-
noun,
a musical instrument of the Middle East and northern Africa belonging to the lute family.
- RBI
-
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- OTB
-
- ot-
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- ose
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- Re.
-
- RDS
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- nik
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nr.
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- NSU
-
- nub
-
noun,
the point, gist, or heart of something.
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- ob.
-
- OED
-
- OSB
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- OSD
-
- OBE
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- Kt.
-
- sb.
-
- KBE
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ESU
-
- ETO
-
- ETD
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- eu-
-
- eo-
-
- id.
-
- ITU
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- io-
-
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- ib.
-
- IBN
-
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- SNU
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- IDB
-
- EbN
-
- EBS
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- St.
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- stk
-
- en-
-
- STI
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- erk
-
noun,
an aircraftsman of the lowest rank in the Royal Air Force.
- ed.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- EdB
-
- SRB
-
- Sr.
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- Esk
-
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- ESR
-
- ide
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- ise
-
- ier
-
- irk
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate:
- Dun
-
noun,
a person, especially a creditor, who duns another.
- IRO
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- DUI
-
- IRS
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISR
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- ist
-
- due
-
noun,
something that is due, owed, or naturally belongs to someone.
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- IUD
-
- IUS
-
- dub
-
noun,
an awkward, unskillful person.
- IOU
-
- Ir.
-
- EDT
-
- ine
-
- Ike
-
noun,
Eisenhower, Dwight David.
- IOT
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- Skt
-
- ior
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- in.
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- SKU
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- ski
-
noun,
one of a pair of long, slender runners made of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
- ink
-
noun,
a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- RN
-
- TD
-
- B-
-
- TB
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- t.
-
- RI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- R.
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- T1
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- SU
-
- EI
-
- Eb
-
- OK
-
noun,
an approval, agreement, or endorsement:
- BO
-
- UK
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- DB
-
- N.
-
- SN
-
- sk
-
- RU
-
- KI
-
noun,
the Sumerian goddess personifying earth: the counterpart of the Akkadian Aruru.
- S.
-
- D.
-
- ND
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- KD
-
- KB
-
- K2
-
noun,
Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- K.
-
- NB
-
- NI
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- O.
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- DN
-
- UI
-
- Ud
-
- TN
-
- UB
-
- KO
-
noun,
a knockout in boxing.
- U.
-
- i.
-
- RO
-
- tk
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.